Biomolecules
Define the following terms: (i) Gene, (ii) Genetic code, (iii) Transcription, (iv) Translation, (v) Codon.
(i) Gene: Gene is a micelle protein which is considered to the unit of heredity.
(ii) Genetic Code: The heredity message stored in the arrangement of bases in the DNA molecules is called the genetic code.
(iii) Transcription: The way the code on DNA is copied to give the complimentary code on RNA is called transcription.
(iv) Translation: The way the four base code in nuclei acids is turned into a 20 unit code needed to specify the amino acid sequence in protein during synthesis is called translation.
(v) Codon: The three base sequence on a mRNA molecule that specifies the amino acids in a protein is called a codon.
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Give one example each of (i) Reducing sugar and (ii) Non-reducing sugar.
Name the anomers of glucose.
State two characteristics of monosaccharides.
Name a carbohydrate containing five carbon atoms per molecule.
Name the monomers of starch.
Name the polysaccharides that is stored in the liver of animals.
What do you understand by the term gycosidic linkage?
What are the hydrolytic products of lactose?
What is meant by inversion of sugar?
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